Second Phase of St Giles Street Work

The second phase of the work to improve the footpaths and roadway in St Giles Street will get underway on June 21.

This phase will see work carried out in the stretch between Castilian Street and St Giles Square. The improvements will include new paving, lighting and hanging baskets in the street. At the end of the project, a new road surface will also be laid down.

While improvement work takes place, the road will be closed to traffic at Castilian Street, where traffic will be diverted from St Giles Street down Castilian Street (against the usual flow of traffic) and into Derngate.

The stretch between Hazelwood Road and Castilian Street will remain open however, and on street parking will still be available in that stretch.  Road users are advised to check on closures and diversions and carefully follow the road signage around the area.

All the businesses in the street will all be operating as normal throughout the works and the street will be fully open to pedestrians throughout, with work taking place first on the south (Post Office) side of the street, and then the north side.

This phase of work will be completed in time for the Christmas shopping period.

Further phases of work on Fish Street and St Giles Terrace will take place in 2017.